Fantasy Land Basketball Podcast: Recent Episodes
Marc Shorten
We take a look at all things fantasy basketball and get you ready to draft the strongest team possible!
Season Review featuring:
- Personal results
- Sleepers Hits
- Sleepers Misses
- Busts Hits
- Busts Misses
I was joined by the boys at Casual Fan Experience to discuss this seasons Top 20 Fantasy Rankings for 9 category leagues.
I would love to hear your thoughts on what we got right and wrong!
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Reference point - Rotowire early top 150 Fantasy Rankings
https://www.rotowire.com/basketball/article.php?id=57562
Waiver Wire and Updates podcast, running through some injuries, sell high, buy low and very importantly the schedule plus best waivers to watch/pick up.
Schedule – Teams with 4 games: Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Golden State, Houston, Indiana, Memphis, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, Washington.
Back-to-Backs (beware of older or banged-up players who might rest): Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Golden State, Houston, Lakers, Miami, Minnesota, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, Utah, Washington.
Schedule – we have with 3 games: Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Memphis, Miami, Minnesota, New Orleans, OKC, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portland, San Antonio, Toronto, Washington.
Back-to-Backs (beware of older or banged-up players who might rest): Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Indiana, Miami, Minnesota, New Orleans, OKC, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portland, Toronto, Washington
The Waiver Wire and Updates podcast, running through some injuries, sell high, buy low and very importantly the schedule plus best waivers to watch/pick up.
Schedule – we have with 3 games: Denver, Indiana, New Orleans, Portland, San Antonio.
Back-to-Backs (beware of older or banged-up players who might rest): Atlanta, Denver, Golden State, Indiana, Lakers, New Orleans, OKC, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio.
Waiver Wire and Updates podcast, running through some injuries, sell high, buy low and very importantly the schedule plus best waivers to watch/pick up.
Schedule – we have 1 team with 5 games: Washington. 1 team with 2 games: Spurs. And 17 teams with 4 games: Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Detroit, Golden State, Houston, Clippers, Lakers, Memphis, Miami, Minnesota, New York, OKC, Phoenix, Sacramento, Toronto, Utah.
Back-to-Backs (beware of older or banged-up players who might rest): Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Golden State, Clippers, Memphis, Minnesota, New York, OKC, Sacramento, Toronto, Utah, Washington.
My top 5 players to stream/own under 40% ownership
- Davis Bertans (5 games) 26.1%
- Josh Jackson (4) 29.8%
- Robert Williams (4) 7.8%
- Derrick Jones Jr (3) 6.8%
- Shaddiq Bey (4) 28%
Waiver Wire and Updates podcast, running through some injuries, sell high, buy low and very importantly the schedule plus best waivers to watch/pick up.
Schedule – we have 19 teams with 4 games: Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Golden State, Houston, Clippers, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New Orleans, New York, OKC, Philly, Sacramento, Toronto.
Back-to-Backs (beware of older or banged-up players who might rest): Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Golden State, Houston, Memphis (4 games in 5 nights), Miami, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New Orleans, New York, OKC, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, San Antonio, Toronto,
The Waiver Wire and Updates podcast, running through some injuries, sell high, buy low and very importantly the schedule plus best waivers to watch/pick up.
Schedule – we have 20 teams with 4 games: Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Golden State, Houston, Lakers, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minnesota, Pelicans, OKC, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio, Toronto, Washington.
Back-to-Backs (beware of older or banged-up players who might rest):Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Detroit, Golden State, Houston, Indiana, New Orleans, New York, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, San Antonio, Toronto, Utah.
I take a look at the number of games missed due to Covid so far, who to pick up, who to trade into and what that could mean for fantasy playoffs.
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Waiver Wire and Updates podcast, running through some injuries, sell high, buy low and very importantly the schedule plus best waivers to watch/pick up.
Schedule:
5 games - Portland
4 games - Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit, Houston, Indiana, Clippers, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New Orleans, New York, OKC, Phoenix, Sacramento, Utah, Washington.
Back-to-Backs (beware of older or banged-up players who might rest):
Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Dallas, Detroit x2, Houston, Indiana, Clippers, Memphis, Milwaukee, Minnesota, New Orleans, New York, OKC, Sacramento, Utah, Washington.
Waiver Wire and Updates podcast, running through some injuries, sell high, buy low and very importantly the schedule plus best waivers to watch/pick up.
Schedule – we have 20 teams with 4 games: Brooklyn, Charlotte, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Golden State, Indiana, Clippers, Lakers, Miami, Minnesota, Pelicans, Orlando, Philly, Sacramento, San Antonio, Toronto, Utah, Washington
Back-to-Backs (beware of older or banged-up players who might rest):
Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Detroit, Golden State, Clippers, Lakers, Miami, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Phoenix, Sacramento, San Antonio, Utah, Washington
Waiver Wire and Updates podcast, running through some injuries, sell high, buy low and very importantly the schedule plus best waivers to watch/pick up.
I really wanted to call this podcast, Christian Wood gets a usage boost and although it would be accurate, it would also be misleading. James Harden has forced Houstons hand and is off to the Nets in a 4 team trade circus.
Covid is running rampant through the NBA at present, I look at multiple ways you can help your leagues and teams mitigate risks while getting the wins.
We are on to the week 4 Waiver Wire and Updates podcast, running through some injuries, players to sell high, buy low options and very importantly the schedule plus best waivers to watch/pick up.
Schedule - Teams with 5 games:Philly and Indiana Teams with 4 games:
Atlanta, Boston, Charlotte, Cleveland, Dallas, Memphis, New Orleans, New York, OKC, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Sacramento, Utah, Washington.
Back-to-Backs:Atlanta, Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Cleveland, Detroit, Golden State, Indiana, OKC, Orlando, Philly, Portland, Utah.
At the end of every season, there are a number of fantasy awards dished out and I wanted to look at some early performances and make some predictions as to who is winning these awards later in the year.
(Don't forget to rate and subscribe)Happy New Year to all.
Welcome to 2021, hopefully, it's going to be a much much better year than 2020. Now with all the holiday craziness behind us, its time to focus on a big year of fantasy.
We are on to the week 3 Waiver Wire and Updates podcast, running through some injuries, surprises, disappointments and very importantly the schedule plus best waivers to watch/pick up.
Schedule - Teams with 4 games:
Boston, Brooklyn, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Golden State, Houston, Clippers, Lakers, Miami, Bucks, Timberwolves, Knicks, OKC, Orlando, Philly, Kinds, Spurs, Jazz.
Back-to-Backs (beware of older or banged-up players who might rest):Brooklyn, Charlotte, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Clippers, Lakers, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, TWolves, Magic, Philly, Phoenix, Kings, Spurs, Jazz, Wizards.
This is probably a day late so apologies but I am going to do a weekly Waiver Wire and Updates podcast, running through some injuries, surprises, disappointments and very importantly the schedule plus best waivers to watch/pick up.
I take a look at all some of the most hyped guys going into the season and what they look like in the preseason games. This will be the last podcast I do before Christmas so thank you all very much for listening, your support is amazing. If you haven't done so already, please subscribe and follow the podcast as I am trying to get to 75 by tip-off. Thank you again and Merry Christmas.
A quick rundown of the first-ever Fantasy Land Basketball Podcast Draft Guide. As mentioned, it is a free service so all I ask is that you like and subscribe/follow the podcast and on various socials: https://bit.ly/341Y8yJ
I take a look at the offseason Winners & Losers and where you should be eying them off ahead of draft night.
I am joined by Cameron Janky to talk through a few Mock Drafts. We gave ourselves 15 minutes to prepare to draft 2 sides. One with a Guard heavy draft strategy and the other with a FT% Punt strategy.
I am joined by Josh Lloyd @redrock_bball to discuss some of this upcoming seasons Sleepers and Busts.
It has been a monster week in the NBA, we had the Rookie Draft, Free Agency moves and a bunch of Trades - I look to break it all down ahead of your drafts.
If you are new to the world of Fantasy Basketball, this episode is for you! I give a rundown on how fantasy works, what strategies to employ and a little fantasy etiquette.
Exciting times as I look at the key dates for 2020/21 and what implications we are looking at for the short turnaround time.
My early top 10 big call predictions for the 2021 season with some mildly warm calls and some definite hot takes!
I look at possible landing spots for Oladipo and Myles Turner as well as what the rest of the Pacers lineup looks like coming into next season.
The LA Lakers are the NBA Champions - we look at how that series unfolded as well as what next year looks like for both LA and Miami
Lakers go up 3-1 to take a stranglehold on the Finals, plus a Deep Dive into the very injury prone Chicago Bulls
We are talking the Conference Final exits, some surprising and disappointing performances, and then the Minnesota Timberwolves Deep Dive.
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We're talking a little Conference Finals action and the first wayyy too early deep dive into the Atlanta Hawks starting 5 and 2021 outlook.
We discuss the Semi Final losses and what implications they have on both real life NBA and Fantasy NBA moving into next season.
I'm talking the fall out for next season from the OKC and Jazz losses, plus some bubble studs I'm not buying going into next year.
We talk about the shootout between Murray and Mitchell, more first round playoff exits and why Luka isn't a clear cut top 10 pick next season.
Following a quick introduction, I delve into 5 players I loved owning and who took solid steps forward into being fantasy studs and 5 also players who regressed and I won't touch again.